The following presentation and supporting documentation will be presented to City Council on April 30. Click to enlarge any of the images below.
Author: Francisco Madera
Shoppers World Murder Under Investigation; Victim Identified
In the trash / dumpster area for the Hot Table Panini restaurant, an employee was killed on April 20, 2024, and his body discovered at approximately 10pm. Employee Anthony Junior Lopez, 30, was found with trauma on his body consistent with foul play. Lopez had worked the evening shift at Hot Table. One of our
VIDEO: Shots Fired and FPD Standoff
Police Statement: This evening at approximately 6:10pm, officers responded to a call for shots fired in the area of the 135 Restaurant & Lounge (672 Waverly St). Upon arrival they located the suspect in a vehicle on Bridges St. After a standoff, officers were able to take the suspect into custody. No one was injured
Court Documents show Joe Samba may have retaliated against some employees and sought to cover up Fair Labor Law violations; the former China Gourmet also implicated
In late December 2023, Benjamin Botts, Office of the Solicitor for the US Department of Labor filed an complaint with the US District Court of Massachusetts on behalf of the Department against the 5 Starts Restaurant Group, doing business as Samba Steak and Sushi. Three charges are noted, count one, Violations of Sections 7 &
A FOIA Request came in, and Framingham instead of responding accordingly, discussed with municipalities across the state, to devise ways to not respond accordingly.
A FOIA request came in on March 26, 2024: From: Commonwealth Transparency<info@opencommonwealth.org>Date: Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 5:01?PMSubject: Public records request under the Massachusetts Public Records Law M.G.L. c66, § 10To: Commonwealth Transparency <info@opencommonwealth.org> Greetings: This is a formal public records request under the Massachusetts Public Records Law M.G.L. c66, § 10: Please provide the following documents/records for your District for the time period February 1, 2024
Another Framingham Document Fraud Star
Earlier this month, a Framingham realty business owner, via a plea agreement, she pled guilty to swindling the federal government out of $450,000 in pandemic relief funds. These funds were loans intended to fund payrolls and keep small businesses operational during the pandemic. Between April 2020 and November 2022, she filed multiple applications through various
A FIRST LOOK: Horton-Stimpson as the new Citizen Participation Officer
The Citizen Participation Officer (CPO) proposed will be discussed and voted on by the city council over the next weeks. Nicole Horton, if accepted by council, will replace Heather Gutierrez who left her post at the end of 2023. She served in that role for under a year. The Citizen Participation Officer develops and implements
A FIRST LOOK: A new lawsuit involving the FPD
Owners of Framingham’s H&R Roofing Indicted in Scheme to Defraud their Workers Comp Carrier
The owners of H&R Supply/H&R Roofing, have been indicted and arrested. Ronaldo Solano, 51, and Adriana Solano, 40 were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston with one count each of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. They were arrested last Wednesday.
VIDEO: Wild brawl at FHS
MBTA COMMUNITIES: Municipalities and Compliance (to build thousands of housing units in 200 acres of DTF)
A First Look: Street Kitchen Express
Sunwave Inc, seeks to open a restaurant in the site of the former Hot Breads on Worcester Road. Sunwave is the parent/corporation which owns and operates Street Kitchen, an Indian eatery, with a single location currently in Marlborough on Main Street. Sunwave is operated by Tarang Jain and Bhaskar Velamakanni. A Common Victualler (CV) license
Ashland Police Chief Cara Rossi administrative leave public messaging discussion emails
See our initial post on the administrative leave back a month ago:
A First Look: Boteco Do Manolo
Thomas ‘TJ’ Method’s Arrest Warrant, Criminal Complaint, Orders of Release
All legal filings in this matter are up to date as of Feb 15, 2024